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Mining for Online Game Gold and Other Amazing Stories
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2010
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Podcast episode
Description
Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the January issue, including articles on the chances of conditions conducive to life elsewhere in the multiverse and the growing practice of virtual gold farming, in which legions of online game players in developing countries acquire currency in the game that they sell to other players for real money. Web sites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/nobelfrank; www.redcross.org; www.pih.org
Released:
Jan 15, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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